In theEisaicase, an Andover developer filed a 40B Comprehensive Permit application to build a 248-rental-unit project within an existing office and industrial park. The local zoning board of appeals denied the application on the ground that the “proposed project is inconsistent with decades of mu...
(For some insight into what these meetings might look like, the City of Syracuse, New York makes its applications and minutes available online.) The community (city or county) would usually also have a Zoning Board of Appeals or Zoning Board of Adjustment—tasked with creating a Master Plan,...
A“conditionally permitted use” is a land use authorized in a particular zoning district only if certain requirements or standards are met and only after approval is given by the local zoning appeals board or other public body. The terms “conditional use,”“special use,”“special use permit...